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PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2011 9:35 pm 
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Are there any? Not that I'm aware of. But I don't keep up with this stuff like a lot of you guys do. :oops:

Are there any in the process of being made airworthy? Kermit Weeks', maybe?

That is something I'd REALLY like to see. 8)

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PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2011 10:41 pm 
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None airworthy, and none under serious restoration to fly. Unless the likes of Paul Allen or Rod Lewis decides that they really, REALLY want an airworthy B-26, I doubt the world will ever see one fly again, sadly.


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Kermit Weeks has said that his can fly anytime they want it to, it'll just need a week in the shop for an inspection first. I wouldn't count it out just yet.

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I can think of a formerly-'airworthy' A-20 that needs a little more than 'a week in the shop' to get flying again.

Remind me again, how many of the 'airworthy' multi-engined types at Kermit's aviation theme park are actually flown?

I'm not saying that it couldn't happen, but I can't see it being likely.


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Granted, that's probably an oversimplification, but I expect that you'll see it fly again eventually.

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None airworthy, and none under serious restoration to fly. Unless the likes of Paul Allen or Rod Lewis decides that they really, REALLY want an airworthy B-26, I doubt the world will ever see one fly again, sadly.


never say never, things change hands, planes are found, people work together.

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12XU2A3X3 wrote:
never say never, things change hands, planes are found, people work together.


Yes, and the MAAM P-61 is a good example of a type being 'brought back from the dead'

And I didn't say 'never', just 'very unlikely'! :)


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